Zone3 Women's Vanquish Wetsuit

Following up on from the success of last years Vanquish Wetsuit with some cutting edge design and innovative thinking. Zone3 feel the new Vanquish is set to become the leanest, meanest and fastest wetsuit ever made.

Following up on from the success of last years Vanquish Wetsuit with some cutting edge design and innovative thinking. Zone3 feel the new Vanquish is set to become the leanest, meanest and fastest wetsuit ever made.

Top Features of the Zone3 Women's Vanquish Wetsuit

1mm moulded collar

Aeroforce fabric is used on the forearms

Silk-Fit inner Lining

Pro Speed Cuffs™

Aerodome materials

39 cell SCS neoprene

NBR construction

Product Data

Intended Use:

Advanced

Wetsuit Type:

Full Sleeve

Highlights

New ultra thin laser cut neck panel

Comfort is further maximised with our innovative new 1mm moulded collar which is so soft and light you’ll be questioning whether you even have your wetsuit on! It allows a tighter fit on the body without feeling any discomfort around the neck. As soon as you try this unique design you may never want to wear any other wetsuit again.

Sensory Catch Panel

Aeroforce fabric is used on the forearms to give an improved feeling and catch in the water. Rather than a traditional rubber fabric, the Vanquish uses a double layer of high performance, water repellent Lycra-based fabric. This firstly reduces arm fatigue, as there is not as much buoyancy resistance during the catch phases of the stroke, but also allows the swimmer to improve their efficiency in the water. No water can enter the suit but you will feel the coolness of the water on the forearm panel which helps to align your hand and forearm during the stroke to give more propulsion and also a more natural feeling swim. Ref#3

Innovative Silk-Fit inner Lining

Used on the body and legs to make the suit feel extremely comfortable next to the skin and also make putting the suit on easier than ever before.

Aqua dynamic 'SCS'

Nano coating applied to the neoprene meaning that there is almost no drag through the water.

Pro Speed Cuffs™

on the arms and the legs for rapid removal after the swim to ensure the quickest transitions, saving you vital time on any course.

YKK Zipper

Downwards zipper making the suit easy to put on and take off but also with an upwards breakaway zip design available.

Design points and materials

The suit is designed to make sure the shoulder, arms, upper back and lats are as flexible as possible and then this is combined with some of the world's most buoyant materials around the quads, hips and glutes. This is how it's been achieved:

Zone3's highly praised ultra thin one-piece shoulder panel has now been extended from the middle of the chest to the centre of the back. You can see a flat-plan drawing of this panel to show you how much unrestricted flexibility the suit offers around the arms and shoulders. The extension of this area combined with the lack of seams make the suit extremely comfortable, allows for improved chest expansion and enables a higher elbow position in the water. As soon as you put this suit on you can feel the difference. The focus on ensuring maximum flexibility means you can increase your distance per stroke, conserve energy and minimise the risk of shoulder injuries. This panel is only 1.5mm thick and made with Yamamoto's premium #40 SCS which is one of the lightest and highest stretch materials available.

Zone3 have extended the area of this same high stretch fabric across the shoulder blades and from under the forearm down to the hip. This is the 2mm #39 Gunmetal SCS used under the arms you can see in our product photos. This material is very soft and is also highly flexible but at the same times helps to maintain the structure of the suit over an extended period of time. The panel design really helps to maximise the propulsion you can achieve with each stroke and ensures a fluid roll with each arm pull.

New chest panel design continues the focused hip and core buoyancy up through the torso to the centre of the chest with 5mm Yamamoto Aerodome. This acts like a roll-bar to help promote the essential torso rotation between each stroke, aids in course sighting during the swim navigation and keeps up core body warmth

The hip and core areas are made up from a combination of three different materials, each with a thickness of 5mm which is the maximum allowed under ITU rules.

These panels are:

NBR construction side panels designed to work in unison with the front leg panels. NBR is a super buoyant material which is commonly used in life jackets. This material is sandwiched between two layers of neoprene to ensure maximum lift in the water.

Aerodome materials used on the front legs from the hips to the knees to help support the core leg muscles. This material is designed with air bubbles built between the fabric layers producing up to 30% more buoyancy than conventional neoprene.

39 cell SCS neoprene used on the glutes, again with a 5mm thickness.

About Wetsuits

Modern triathlon wetsuits were invented by Dan Empfield in 1987 and are customized to the needs of triathletes, they generally incorporate the following key features which differentiates them from a normal wetsuit.
1, Thinner and/or more pliable rubber near the shoulders.
2, Long zippers to facilitate quick removal during transition.
In addition, tri wetsuits have a very smooth, but often fragile, surface. This slick surface helps to reduce water friction and allows a faster swim. Another advantage of a tri wetsuit is the added buoyancy that the wetsuit provides, this can provide triathletes with a considerable speed and energy saving advantage over swimming without a suit.

About the Zone3 brand

Zone3 is a British brand specialising in Triathlon training and racing products. It was developed by elite athletes at Loughborough University, one of the leading sports Universities in Europe.<br><br>
The product has always come first for Zone3. Nothing is more important than making sure that each product is as good as it can be. Zone3 don’t only use sports technology and lab testing but, more importantly, also listening to customers and use their feedback to further improve the range. This has resulted in some of the best product reviews in industry magazines, as well as being the chosen brand of a number of the world’s best triathletes.

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101lb 7oz - 116lb 14oz

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Delivery Information

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Magazine reviews for Zone3 Women's Vanquish Wetsuit

Review from
Triathlon Plus

The Vanquish is Zone3's top-end suit but is comparable price wise to most other companies' mid-level wetsuits. That's where the comparisons end however as this is a stonkingly good wetsuit regardless of price. The neoprene feels exceptionally supple making it astoundingly comfy while the one-piece shoulder construction means you'd be hard pressed to find a more flexible suit in the shoulders. The grooved chest – designed to prop up the legs by directing water below them – is, like the thighs, also made from aerodome neoprene constructed with air bubbles, which provided fantastic buoyancy while the reverse zip makes getting out of this suit even easier than the Aspire. The suit will no doubt be doing battle with HUUB's Aerious, but the Vanquish has the edge in terms of buoyancy for less-natural swimmers while maintaining excellent flexibility. The only thing stopping this from reaching a perfect score is that it's a hard sell considering just how amazing the Aspire is.

In conclusion...

Verdict Not just and incredible suit for the money, but one of the best we've ever tested!

Performance 5/5Value 5/5Overall 4/5

Rating: 4/5

Review from
Outdoor Fitness

The Vanquish is in the test to represent the upper end of the market, and while there are more expensive suits out there, in our experience there are few that match the Vanquish's lightening fast transition speed, well balanced buoyancy and ultra-flexible shoulder panels.

As you'd imagine it's a joy to swim in, feeling fast and comfortable. It was marginally quicker than the other suits over 400m, but the key factor was the stroke length it allowed. Compared to the excellent 2XU T2, the Vanquish encouraged more of a stretch after hand entry because there was so little resistance at maximum extension. This was probably down to the clever way the Vanquish is cut: it uses a single panel across the shoulders, with no seams to hinder the neoprene stretching. My strokes per 100m dropped from 52 in the 2XU to 50 in the Vanquish, but the greatest advantage for triathletes could be in the transition. Besides making you usefully recognisable to spectating friends, the red cuffs and ankle patches are so slippy that the suit can literally be ripped off. Combined with the upwards opening zip, it makes for the fastest transition of any suit we've tried.

In conclusion...

Verdict: A superb suit. Significant gains available to competitive triathletes and swimmers. If you can afford it, you won't be disappointed. 9/10

Rating: 9/10

Review from
220 Triathlon

Although Brit triathlete-run Zone3 do offer one higher prices suit (the Victory D), the Vanquish is definitely aimed at the high-performance end of the triathlon market. It combines multiple panels of varying thickness and different materials to blend a good combination of flexibility, buoyancy and warmth where they're needed most. The result is a very comfortable suit that was probable the most supple feeling of all those tested. On the inner forearms, a genuinely helpful feature is the use of small Lycra panels to increase feel for the water during the catch phase of the stroke. For more competent swimmers, this should be a real benefit. Thin, low-friction 'Speed-Cuffs' on the ankles and wrists make it very easy to strip the suit off in T1 and the reverse zipper works well once you get your head around pulling up to undo.